Scott and all,
Yes, we had noticed and filed a protest to that contract. We are following up
to that with an additional protest to the revised contract which I believe that
you
are referring to here scott. My only question here is, do you have some
disagreement with what Esther responded to you with? If so, please
clarify. It looked pretty good to me, though I don't necessarily agree
with here assumptions.
Scott Bradner wrote:
> Some of you might have noticed that the Commerce Department published a
> notice a while back in the Commerce Business Daily which went into some
> detail on the functions that the Commerce Department expected ICANN to
> perform. One paragraph caught our attention due to its implications for
> the operation of the IETF. We sent the following letter to Esther Dyson,
> the ICANN Interim Chairman, asking for her understanding of what ICANN's
> role would be and what she felt would be the relationship between ICANN and
> the IETF. Following our letter is her response.
>
> Scott, Brian and Fred
>
> -----------------------------
>
> >From sob Thu Feb 25 12:39:32 1999
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: ICANN and the IETF
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Dear Esther,
>
> We noticed the following notice in the Commerce Business Daily. Would you
> please clarify ICANN's understanding of these relationships? What is the
> relationship between the IETF and ICANN in general? What is the
> relationship between the IETF and the specific functions which the IANA has
> been providing in conjunction with the assignment of protocol parameters
> for IETF developed or maintained protocols?
>
> Functions Performed: The contractor will perform the following IANA
> functions:
>
> 1) Coordination of the assignment of technical protocol parameters.
> This currently involves the review and assignment of unique values to
> numerous parameters (e.g., operation codes, port numbers, object
> identifiers, protocol numbers) used in various Internet protocols.
> This function also currently includes the dissemination of the listings
> of assigned parameters through various means (including on-line
> publication) and the review of technical documents for consistency with
> assigned values.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Scott Bradner (ISOC VP for Standards)
> Brian Carpenter (IAB Chair)
> Fred Baker (IETF Chair)
>
> -----------------------------------------
>
> >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Feb 25 16:16:44 1999
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> To: Scott Bradner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Esther Dyson)
> Subject: Re: ICANN and the IETF
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],
> Mike Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> "Joe Sims" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 16:02:03 -0500
>
> Dear Scott, Brian and Fred,
>
> Thank you for your letter inquiring as to ICANN's understanding of the
> relationships between the IETF, ICANN and the IANA's protocol parameter
> support activities.
>
> We are navigating uncharted waters and are proceeding carefully to try to
> do the right thing for the Internet community while following the
> principles and policies set out in the government's White Paper.
>
> One of the several responsibilities that the White Paper charges ICANN to
> carry out is "to coordinate the assignment of other Internet technical
> parameters as needed to maintain universal connectivity on the Internet."
> We do not understand this to mean the actual assignment of protocol
> parameters (which we would do only if some standards organization requests
> us to do so), but rather the development of policies and procedures to be
> used by organizations developing standards for the Internet to resolve
> disputes that may arise over specific protocol assignments. In particular
> we would expect that these policies and procedures will be designed to be
> used where a dispute is one in which the activity of one standards
> organization blocks the deployment of a technology from a second standards
> organization. It seems to us that, in the ordinary course of things, the
> initial development of such policies and procedures would logically fall
> within the scope of a Protocol Supporting Organization, which would then
> forward recommendations to the ICANN Board for its review.
>
> During the Postel era and currently, protocol parameter assignments have
> been routinely performed by IANA staff in coordination with the IETF. As
> you know, many of the people who were the IANA staff are now working for
> ICANN, and the IANA functions are in the process of being formally
> transferred to ICANN by the United States Government. We assume that the
> IETF will continue to have the discretion to decide where it would like
> this particular function performed in the future, and the IANA/ICANN staff
> are prepared to continue to perform these services if the IETF so requests.
> I hope this clarifies our view as to the respective roles of ICANN, IANA
> and the IETF in this area. We look forward to continuing to work with you
> to ensure the operational stability of the Internet.
>
> Yours,
> Esther Dyson
> Interim Chairman
>
> At 12:39 PM 25/02/99 -0500, Scott Bradner wrote:
> >
> >Dear Esther,
> >
> >We noticed the following notice in the Commerce Business Daily. Would you
> >please clarify ICANN's understanding of these relationships? What is the
> >relationship between the IETF and ICANN in general? What is the
> >relationship between the IETF and the specific functions which the IANA has
> >been providing in conjunction with the assignment of protocol parameters
> >for IETF developed or maintained protocols?
> >
> > Functions Performed: The contractor will perform the following IANA
> > functions:
> > 1) Coordination of the assignment of technical protocol parameters.
> > This currently involves the review and assignment of unique values to
> > numerous parameters (e.g., operation codes, port numbers, object
> > identifiers, protocol numbers) used in various Internet protocols.
> > This function also currently includes the dissemination of the listings
> > of assigned parameters through various means (including on-line
> > publication) and the review of technical documents for consistency with
> > assigned values.
> >
> >
> >Thank you,
> >
> >Scott Bradner (ISOC VP for Standards)
> >Brian Carpenter (IAB Chair)
> >Fred Baker (IETF Chair)
> >
>
> Esther Dyson Always make new mistakes!
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